Today I just completed with my brother, Russell, our most adventurous and complex aerial video from our Multiplex Easy Star model airplane. The video is called "An Aerial Exploration of West Dover" and it is a ride high above West Dover, Nova Scotia. It was filmed in 720p High Definition video.

The airplane was controlled by a 72 MHz Hitec Optic 6 R/C radio and flown using a 900 MHz video link which provided a FPV ( First Person View ). This video was recorded on August 18, 2010 in 720p HD with a Canon Powershot SD780IS Camera with CHDK.

The music used in the video was "Un instant per sempre" and "Our Moon" composed by Roger Subirana Mata.

If you are on High Speed Internet make sure to enable the 720p resolution video option on the lower right of the video controls so you will be able to see all sorts of fine detail.

West Dover Harbour

Privateer's Island

The View of Privateer's Island Looking Towards Mackerel Cove

Power's Lake, West Dover

2 Responses to “High Definition FPV Video – An Aerial Exploration of West Dover”

1. Tobias says:

   November 16, 2010 at 11:06 am

   That’s nice.

   I have a question and a suggestion.

   - Did you fly via the IXUS 100is? Or did you use another camera to fly FPV?
   I thought it weren’t possible to get the video signal out of the 780/100is.
   Do you have the PTP mode enabled in CHDK for this camera?
   - You could reduce shake with a software deshaker. Of course that would reduce
   the imaged area, but the flight would be much more smooth.
   You can use deshake plugin in VirtualDub, or the stabilize plugin for the Linux
   »transcode« toolkit.

   Here’s what it can achieve at its extreme:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvRttFPE9kg

   Of course there are parameters to tweak, so you can avoid having the image slip so much out of the frame.
2. Illés Pató says:

   January 13, 2011 at 11:37 am

   Hi you there!

   I have a few questions. Can you contact me on my email? I need a Pro's help and suggestions.

   Illés